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THOMAS JOHN WILK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 14, 1950 – June 13, 1969
Service recordThomas John Wilk, of Fairview, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 45
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 169 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Fairview, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 45
- KENNETH LEE CONNERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- HENSON FRANK WALKERSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- CARLOS AVILA YOUNGPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- BOBBY RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · June 14, 1969
From Fairview
- MICHAEL PHILIP BOUCHARDSergeant · June 3, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.